U.S. Unemployment Rate by State

Updated August 5, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

The following table lists the unemployment rate in the United States in 2003, 2004, 2005, 2008, and 2013, according to the state name in alphabetical order.

  2003 2004 2005 2008 2013
United States 6.0% 5.5% 5.1% 5.8% 7.4%
Alabama 5.8 5.6 4.0 5.0 6.5
Alaska 7.7 7.5 6.8 6.7 6.5
Arizona 5.7 5.0 4.7 5.5 8.0
Arkansas 5.9 5.7 4.9 5.1 7.5
California 6.8 6.2 5.4 7.2 8.9
Colorado 6.2 5.5 5.0 4.0 6.8
Connecticut 5.5 4.9 4.9 5.7 7.8
Delaware 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.8 6.7
District of
Columbia
7.2 8.2 6.5 7.0 8.3
Florida 5.3 4.8 3.8 6.2 7.2
Georgia 4.7 4.6 5.3 6.2 8.2
Hawaii 3.9 3.3 2.8 3.9 4.8
Idaho 5.3 4.7 3.8 4.9 6.2
Illinois 6.7 6.2 5.7 6.5 9.2
Indiana 5.3 5.2 5.4 5.9 7.5
Iowa 4.4 4.8 4.6 4.1 4.6
Kansas 5.6% 5.5% 5.1% 4.4 5.4
Kentucky 6.2 5.3 6.1 6.4 8.3
Louisiana 6.3 5.7 7.1 4.6 6.2
Maine 5.0 4.6 4.8 5.4 6.7
Maryland 4.5 4.2 4.1 4.4 6.6
Massachusetts 5.8 5.1 4.8 5.3 7.1
Michigan 7.1 7.1 6.7 8.4 8.8
Minnesota 4.9 4.7 4.0 5.4 5.1
Mississippi 6.4 6.2 7.9 6.9 8.6
Missouri 5.6 5.7 5.4 6.1 6.5
Montana 4.4 4.4 4.0 4.5 5.6
Nebraska 4.0 3.8 3.8 3.3 3.9
Nevada 5.1 4.3 4.1 6.7 9.8
New Hampshire 4.5 3.8 3.6 3.8 5.3
New Jersey 5.9 4.8 4.4 5.5 8.2
New Mexico 5.9 5.7 5.3 4.2 6.9
New York 6.4 5.8 5.0 5.4 7.7
North Carolina 6.5 5.5 5.2 6.3 8.0
North Dakota 3.6% 3.4% 3.4% 3.2% 2.9%
Ohio 6.2 6.1 5.9 6.5 7.4
Oklahoma 5.6 4.8 4.4 3.8 5.4
Oregon 8.1 7.4 6.1 6.4 7.7
Pennsylvania 5.7 5.5 5.0 5.4 7.4
Puerto Rico 12.0 10.6 11.3 NA NA
Rhode Island 5.4 5.2 5.0 7.8 9.5
South Carolina 6.7 6.8 6.8 6.9 7.6
South Dakota 3.5 3.5 3.9 3.0 3.8
Tennessee 5.5 5.4 5.6 6.4 8.2
Texas 6.7 6.1 5.3 4.9 6.3
Utah 5.7 5.2 4.3 3.4 4.4
Vermont 4.5 3.7 3.5 4.8 4.4
Virginia 4.1 3.7 3.5 4.0 5.5
Washington 7.4 6.2 5.5 5.3 7.0
West Virginia 6.0 5.3 5.0 4.3 6.5
Wisconsin 5.6 4.9 4.7 4.7 6.7
Wyoming 4.4 3.9 3.6 3.1 4.6

 

Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics.

 

 

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